High Mileage First Bike

[Ste]

[throwyourbike]

[carpe_diem]

[faffergotgunz]

Or the forth option, that the Gladius is actually a giant Ferret with a racing saddle ane he spent the afternoon cruising around B roads wearing a top hat.
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[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

That seems statistically more likely.
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[throwyourbike]

[andyscooter]

special snowflake alert
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[ThatDippyTwat]

[carpe_diem]

Fucking hell. Bit of an overreaction? I was just suggesting that it was highly questionable that someone who was trained and certified to administer CBT would be stupid enough to let someone go out illegally and uninsured on one of their bikes after a morning of tuition on a different bike.
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[Teflon-Mike]

[bamt]

To be honest, I thought it was OK to ride a big bike on your CBT, subject (of course) to being old enough and under supervision of and in radio contact with an instructor. I've heard of this happening before, but with a quick search couldn't find anything definitive to say you can or can't.

Links to definitive rules would be nice.

[carpe_diem]

Fair enough, Bamt - if that's the case I apologise.
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[bamt]

I honestly don't know that it is the case, just that I couldn't find anything to confirm or deny. There is a general assumption in most websites that CBT is done on a 50cc or 125cc, but that is as much about people wanting a CBT so they can pootle around on their own on L plates or having a light bike for first training - and training schools wanting their cheapest, fully crash-barred bikes to take the initial brunt of being dropped.

The CBT syllabus and guidance notes make no mention at all about engine sizes.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/377662/compulsory-basic-training-cbt-syllabus-and-guidance-notes.pdf
And nowhere on the .gov site says you are limited (other than by age) as to what you can ride during the CBT
https://www.gov.uk/vehicles-can-drive/y/motorbike-categories-a1-a2-and-a/24-or-over

So I'm not saying this is the case, just that I can't see anything that says it is. There may well be some rule somewhere that I've not seen.

[Ste]

Quoted before posts get edited.

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

[Alpineandy]

[NJD]

Well that went swimmingly.

Reading his responses it seemed he was fully set on the decision already and wanted us all to sing and dance around a fire while wearing hippy headbands and holding hands rather than providing an opinion different to the one he held.

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[Azoth]

A guy I used to know who worked in marketing for a major tobacco company (there are really only 2) once told me that all purchase decisions, without exception, are emotional. I don't know much about the psychology of marketing but I think he had a point.

Let's pretend this is 1974. We see a great television ad in which a strong, wealthy, popular guy smokes Marlboro cigarettes and enjoys the quintessential, idyllic American Dream in his life on the ranch. Gas-guzzling cars and bikes, countless acres of land, horses, a happy, healthy, family, unlimited Big Macs, silly hat, he has it all... Watching the advert, being impressed by all this stuff and how successful he is and how much he wins at life, we immediately go to the toy shop, bypassing the sweets and kids' toys, and head to the cigarette vending machine.

What do we see? Marlboro cigarettes, and 12 other brands. Which do we choose? Marlboro. It's an emotional decision, because the cigs inside the other packets are exactly the same. They're even made by the same company, at the same plant. Just the printing is different.

Now you've bought your cigarettes and 20 years later you've made yourself very sick. Do you admit your error? Sure, because you're that sick. You regret it. However, look back at why you made that decision, and you would tell everyone something like this:

"If I knew then what I know now, I would never have chosen to buy those cigarettes!"

Cruisers are just like that. The decision to buy them is always green and emotional, and they can hook you into unwise motorcycle life choices.
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[faffergotgunz]

[Azoth]

[Teflon-Mike]

[Ste]

Fags like cruisers.

If someone is showing an interest in cruisers then at that point they're only bike curious, they're not a real fag until they've got a Harley.

I'm not sure what that makes the OP.

[faffergotgunz]

Bikes are like sweets.

Non nom nom nom....
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[Teflon-Mike]

[Flatbadger]

I was reading Hell's Angel leader Sonny Barger's book a while back and came across this gem (googled up nicely) -

'it has always been important for hells angles to ride american made machines. in terms of pure workmanship, personally i dont like harleys. i ride them cause i am in the club and and that is the image, but if i could, i would seriously consider riding a HONDA ST1100 or a bmw. we really missed the boat not switching over to the japanese models when they began building bigger bikes. ill usually say "fuck harley davidson". you can buy an ST1100 and the motherfucker will do 110 mph right from the factory all day long. while it is too late to switch over now, it would have been a nice move cause japenese bikes today are much cheaper and better built, however they dont have as much personaility.'
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